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    Signal processing and earthquake triggering part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
    Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Western Washington University
    In this exercise, written for an undergraduate seismology class, students use MATLAB to analyze waveforms from the 2004 Sumatra M9.0 earthquake, as they were recorded on three seismic stations in Alaska. Two of ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics
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    Earthquake Investigation Workshop: Shake, Rattle, & Rock part of Geodesy:Activities
    Daniel Murray, University of Rhode Island
    This workshop is part of an NSF-funded effort to provide professional development to STEM teachers in Rhode Island. In this activity, students will make "earthquakes" using a simple model, the earthquake ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, General Public
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Lab Activity, Activities, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
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    Density structure of the earth from mass and moment of inertia part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
    Donald Forsyth, Brown University
    Using mass and moment of inertia as constraints, students construct density models of the whole earth. This activity uses concepts from physics, multi-dimensional calculus, and linear algebra, and also reinforces ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Gravity, Seismology
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    SeisMac Seismogram Modeling part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
    Michael Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis
    Use the freely-downloaded "SeisMac" program on a Mac laptop to demonstrated the differences between P, S, Rayleigh and Love waves. SeisMac is a free program that instantly turns a Mac laptop into a ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Geophysics in the community part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
    Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Western Washington University
    In this activity students develop independent or small group research projects in collaboration with local community organizations, or with the goal of investigating a topic relevant to the greater community. This ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Project
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic refraction, Seismic reflection, Ground Penetrating Radar, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods, Geophysics in other disciplines, Seismology, Gravity, Exploration Methods:Electrical Conductivity/Resistivity, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Digital Analysis of Geophysical Signals and Waves (DAGSAW)/Filtering part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
    George Jiracek, San Diego State University
    Filtering is one of the most important steps in geophysical data recording and processing since it is present in all geophysical analysis. Filtering is explained in the Digital Analysis of Geophysical Signals and ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag, Seismology, Gravity, Exploration Methods
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Locating and Measuring Earthquakes Using Real Seismic Data part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
    Kelly Liu, Missouri University of Science and Technology
    The objective is to locate an earthquake and measure its Richter magnitude using real data recorded by seismographs.

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Digital Analysis of Geophysical Signals and Waves/Digital Recording part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
    George Jiracek, San Diego State University
    Sampling (digitizing) of geophysical data is explained using animations by multiplications in the time or space domains by Dirac combs and boxcar functions. Pitfalls in this process can render digital data totally ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods, Gravity, Seismology, Magnetism/Paleomag